Blue Borage Conversation Café:

Real Conversations. Evolving Forward.

Two foundational series. One growing community. And now, a year-long journey of Deep Dialogue and Panel Conversations – created from what you told us matters most.

What People Are Saying

Even if it is difficult to talk about, it is far worse to live it in silence.

Our stories are different but so relatable. Thank you all.

This is the first time I’ve been in a room with both survivors and concerned parents. It felt like healing began there.

I didn’t know how much I needed this until I heard others speak the same things I’ve never dared say aloud.

The Blue Borage Conversation Café series invites survivors, allies, professionals, and advocates into a safe, intimate virtual space to explore what has too often remained unspeakable: sibling sexual abuse and harm (SSA/HSSB) and the long shadow of trauma beyond the time the abuse and harm began.

What’s Next – Our New Series

Starting in July 2025, Blue Borage Conversation Cafes enter a new phase.

Each month, we alternate between two types of live online events:

• Deep Dialogue Cafes – small group, rounds-based, trauma-informed conversations shaped by a central theme. Intimate. Confidential. Everyone contributes.
• Panel Conversations – curated events where lived experience survivors, others affected by sibling sexual abuse and trauma and professionals speak to what matters: healing, justice, disclosure, family dynamics and more.

Who Are These Conversations For?

• Survivors of SSA and harmful sibling sexual behaviour (HSSB)
• Concerned parents, carers and partners
• Social workers, educators, therapists, researchers
• Curious and compassionate humans

Visit Eventbrite to see upcoming themes or reserve your spot.

Invite Our Author Panel

Our panel of four lived experience authors is available to speak at conferences, education forums, virtual summits or community events.

Each brings years of lived experience, healing, advocacy, and deep insight into what it means to live through — and rise beyond — sibling sexual abuse.

Panels can be tailored to your event theme, and delivered virtually or hybrid. To discuss a custom format, please contact Susan Dunlop at connect@blueborage.com.au.

Meet the Panel:

• Alice Perle (Australia) – Author of Resolve: A Story of Courage, Healthy Inquiry and Recovery from Sibling Sexual Abuse
• Diane Tarantini (USA) – Author of Everyone Was Silent: A Memoir
• Jane Epstein (USA) – Author of I Feel Real Guilty: A Memoir About Sibling Sexual Abuse
• Maria Socolof (USA) – Author of The Invisible Key: Unlocking the Mystery to My Chronic Pain

These aren’t lectures. These are conversations that shift understanding, build bridges, and support systemic change.

Ticket Info

Standard Registration: AUD $40

Eventbrite will convert the amount based on your location. Approx. $40 AUD = $26 USD | £21 GBP | €25 EUR (subject to exchange rates). Includes event administration costs, planning and hosting, post-event summary creation and pre- and post- event communication with our participants.

Community Discount Codes: Available upon request for financial accessibility or lived experience advocates.

Stay Connected

Follow Blue Borage on EventBrite and across social media:
– Instagram and Facebook or search: @blueboragetraining
– LinkedIn: Blue Borage
– Website: www.blueborage.com.au

Archived Series 1 and 2:

Series 1: Spotlight on the Authors (Jan-May 2025)

A larger-group format spotlighting one memoir and its author each month. Included structured Q&A, polls, and optional open chat.

When: January – May 2025

Series 2: Small Group Conversations (Feb-June 2025)

Smaller, more intimate sessions using the Conversation Café method. Max 12 participants, all contributing.